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ST. LOUIS -- Dexter Fowler has hit in six different lineup slots in the last six games for the St. Louis Cardinals. In the series finale against the New York Mets, he was in the right spot at the right time. Fowler's 13th-inning single capped a comeback from a pair of deficits Thursday and gave the Cardinals a 4-3 victory ...

ST. LOUIS -- Marcell Ozuna hit a tiebreaking two-run single and Michael Wacha won his fourth straight start as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 9-1 on Wednesday night. Jedd Gyorko added a two-run homer for St. Louis, which has won nine of 11...

FRISCO, Texas -- When the Houston Astros assigned Alex Winkelman to Double-A Corpus Christi this spring, the Southeast Missouri State product didn't complain. That's because the Texas League is where the 24-year-old Winkelman, a 21st-round pick in 2015, finished his 2017 season...

ST. LOUIS -- For Miles Mikolas, throwing strikes translates to success -- no matter where he's pitching. Mikolas, who spent the last three seasons in the Japanese Central League, tossed seven strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals completed their second sweep this season of the woeful Cincinnati Reds with a 9-2 victory on Sunday...

ST. LOUIS — Jordan Hicks didn't get jammed up. The rookie St. Louis reliever got Scooter Gennett to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded, and the Cardinals held off the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Saturday. "I just tried to stay calm and just throw every pitch to the best of my ability and just try to give my team the best chance to win," Hicks said. "I just go out there with full confidence and do what you know how to do, what you've been doing your whole life."...

CHICAGO -- The Cubs made Jon Lester's job easier by staking him to an early lead. Lester was dominant through six innings of two-hit ball in his 100th start with the Cubs, Jason Heyward hit a two-run homer and Chicago defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Thursday...

CHICAGO -- The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs on Wednesday was called off because of wintry weather, the 25th postponement in the first three weeks of the major league season. The total matched 2007 for the most weather-related postponements through April since Major League Baseball started keeping records in 1986. There were 26 postponements through April in 2007, but one was caused by the death of St. Louis pitcher Josh Hancock...

At first, Joey Lucchesi thought he was getting traded. The former Southeast Missouri State pitcher had been called into a meeting with the San Diego Padres brass, who had already told the 24-year-old lefty he was starting the season in the minors. So Lucchesi believed he was getting shipped away to another franchise. ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Adam Wainwright outpitched Tyler Chatwood in frigid conditions at Wrigley Field, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive victory. The gametime temperature was 35 degrees, and a 10 mph wind made it feel like 29. There were heaters on in each dugout, and the announced crowd of 35,103 bundled up in winter coats, hats and blankets...

CHICAGO -- The series opener between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed because of poor weather. With light snow falling and the temperature around 30 degrees, Monday night's game was postponed about six hours before the scheduled first pitch. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on July 21...

CINCINNATI -- Carlos Martinez's changeup was too much for the reeling Reds. The St. Louis right-hander struck out a season-high 11 in seven shutout innings and Harrison Bader's two-run home run helped the Cardinals complete their first four-game sweep in Cincinnati since 1949 with a 3-2 win on Sunday...

SAN DIEGO -- The rebuilding San Diego Padres have made up two spots in the NL West in two games, thanks largely to two rookies. Former Southeast Missouri State pitcher Joey Lucchesi struck out nine in six innings, Christian Villanueva homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and the Padres cruised past San Francisco 10-1 on Sunday to beat the Giants for the third straight game...

CINCINNATI -- Yadier Molina heard the boos again. Then he came through again, sending the Cincinnati Reds to their lowest point since 1955. Molina homered and drove in three runs Friday night, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 victory that deepened the Reds' opening slump and added to his legacy against them...

CINCINNATI -- Jose Martinez drove in six runs Thursday night and Yadier Molina homered in his return from a one-game suspension, powering the St. Louis Cardinals to a 13-4 victory that left the Cincinnati Reds mired in their worst start since 1955. The Cardinals homered a season-high four times while piling up a season high in runs. The Reds helped by walking 11 batters, three of them with the bases loaded...

ST. LOUIS -- Following a pair of extra-inning games, the Milwaukee Brewers hoped to have a decent margin for late in their series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals. Matt Albers held on to a one-run lead in the ninth inning to earn his first save for Milwaukee, retiring Kolten Wong and Dexter Fowler to strand a pair of runners, and the Brewers beat the Cardinals 3-2 Wednesday...

DENVER -- Former Southeast Missouri State pitcher Joey Lucchesi got his first major league win thanks to a go-ahead three-run homer from Hunter Renfroe in the seventh inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Tuesday night. Lucchesi (1-0) shut down Colorado in his third career start. He struck out eight and allowed just two unearned runs before leaving two batters into the seventh...

ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter doesn't mind some small ball now and then, and takes pride in his bunting. That said, wasn't too upset about failing to get one down in the 11th inning Tuesday night. Two pitches after botching a bunt attempt, Carpenter hit a two-run homer with no outs to lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3...

ST. LOUIS -- Three days after missing the playoffs, the St. Louis Blues learned their star forward Vladimir Tarasenko will need surgery today for a dislocated left shoulder. Tarasenko was hurt in the first period of the regular-season finale Saturday in Colorado. The Blues needed a point in the game to reach the playoffs, but lost 5-2...

ST. LOUIS -- In his St. Louis debut, Greg Holland walked four batters in the 10th inning and forced home the go-ahead run Monday night that gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-4 win over the Cardinals. The 32-year-old Holland, who tied for the NL lead with 41 saves for Colorado last season, was signed as a free agent on opening day. He pitched two innings at Class A before joining the Cardinals earlier in the day...

ST. LOUIS -- Torey Lovullo claimed his Arizona Diamondbacks were being framed. The manager set off a benches-clearing incident in his team's 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday by maintaining eight-time All-Star catcher Yadier Molina was earning unwarranted strike calls...

DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog sat at his locker stall, his skates still laced and most of his gear still on. The only thing missing was his jersey, which was given to a lucky fan. Quick, get the captain a new one -- the Colorado Avalanche are going to need it where they're going...

ST. LOUIS — Chilly weather at Busch Stadium, hot bat for Jose Martinez. In the coldest home start in Cardinals' history, Martinez homered and drove in four runs as St. Louis ended the Arizona Diamondbacks' four-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Saturday...

CHICAGO -- Patrik Berglund scored three times, including a tiebreaking rebound goal in the third period, and the St. Louis Blues moved into position for the last Western Conference wild card with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night...

ST. LOUIS -- Robbie Ray worked around five walks over six innings and the bullpen closed out a two-hitter, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks spoil the St. Louis Cardinals' home opener 3-1 on Thursday night. Arizona improved to 6-1 for the second straight season and tied a franchise record for its best seven-game start. The team was also 6-1 in 2000...

MILWAUKEE -- Carlos Martinez pitched into the ninth inning and struck out 10, Yadier Molina homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the error-prone Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 on Wednesday night. Leadoff batter Dexter Fowler scored twice in the first three innings for the Cardinals, who beat their NL Central rivals a night after losing on a game-ending homer by Ryan Braun. St. Louis took two of three in the series...